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From: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
To: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] VM routine fixes
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David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> > > +#ifdef CONFIG_MMU
>  > >  	vma->vm_ops = &generic_file_vm_ops;
>  > > +#endif
>  > ...
>  > What's happening there?
> 
>  The vm_area_struct doesn't have an ops member when !MMU.

What is the reason for this change?